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Thierry Henry celebrates with teammate after scoring Arsenal's second goal against Sunderland on Saturday.
Arsenal fell behind after defender Per Mertesacker injured himself in trying to control the ball, with James McClean firing a shot past Wojciech Szczesny.
Mertersacker was stretchered off but his replacement Aaron Ramsey then directed a shot past Simon Mignolet.
But on-loan Henry, who returns to the New York Red Bulls next week, stylishly volleyed past Mignolet to grab the decisive winner.
It was a remarkable conclusion to Henry’s second spell with Arsenal in the Premier League, even more so given he had come on as a substitute for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and had just the one chance that he successfully converted.
The Frenchman showed why he has scored 176 goals in 258 top-flight games in those two spells as he cleverly directed his volley past Mignolet after ghosting in between John O’Shea and Jack Colback to connect with Andrey Arshavin’s cross from the left.
Just as importantly Henry’s goal enabled Arsene Wenger’s side to leapfrog over Chelsea into the fourth Champions League spot on goal difference.
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